Category Archives: Sci-Fi

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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And we’re on the fifth and penultimate episode of ‘Flux’, the six-part story that is essentially Series 13 of ‘Doctor Who’. I’ve enjoyed this third season of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, and it’s fair to say that each episode has indeed been compelling non-stop so far. Continue reading

Novelization/Audiobook Review – ‘Doctor Who – Frontios’

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I’ve checked out the first of two purchases I made at the ‘Bedford Who Charity Con’ back in October 2021. I hope to share my review on ‘The Roundheads’ soon in January 2022. For now, I’ve read and listened to the ‘Doctor Who’ Target novelization/audiobook of ‘Frontios’, written and read by Christopher Hamilton Bidmead. This story features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough. Continue reading

New ‘Plague of the Daleks’ Photo

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It’s been a while since I did one of these. It’s time to share another new ‘Doctor Who’/Nyssa/Sarah Sutton photo I’ve discovered recently. Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo featuring the cast of the Big Finish audio drama ‘Plague of the Daleks’, the third instalment of ‘The Stockbridge Trilogy’. I’ve added this new photo to my review on the story on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. Continue reading

Blu-ray review – ‘Galaxy 4’ (Doctor Who)

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Here we are again with another animation to fill in the gaps of missing black-and-white ‘Doctor Who’ stories from the 1960s. It’s time to revisit ‘Galaxy 4’, which I originally reviewed back in 2017. This story comes from the First Doctor era and it features William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Four: Village of the Angels’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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After what was arguably a decent, albeit underwhelming instalment of the ‘Flux’ story called ‘Once, Upon Time’, could things be better with its following instalment ‘Village of the Angels’? Well, yes they can. But my goodness!!! The episode’s cliffhanger ending was such a shock to watch on the TV! Continue reading

Vinyl Review – ‘Echoes of Extinction’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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Happy 58th anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ and welcome everyone to the thirteenth and final instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season!

One time, I said I was going to check out and review the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’ for an Easter review season. Those plans changed and here we are! For the final instalment of ‘TLV’, let’s check out ‘Echoes of Extinction’ by Alfie Shaw, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor with guest stars like Burn Gorman, Kathryn Drysdale, Paul Clayton, Mina Anwar, Inès de Clercq and Arthur Darvill. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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It’s time to talk about the third episode of ‘Flux’, the six-part story that is Series 13 of ‘Doctor Who’. The third episode is called ‘Once, Upon Time’ by Chris Chibnall. My parents and I revisited the second episode ‘War of the Sontarans’ on BBC iPlayer before we watched ‘Once, Upon Time’ on TV. Continue reading

Audio Review – ‘Genetics of the Daleks’ (TLV) (Doctor Who)

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And welcome to the twelfth and penultimate instalment of the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ review season of ‘Doctor Who’!

As we draw to a close with the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ series of ‘Doctor Who’, let’s take a look at another Big Finish audio adventure, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. This is ‘Genetics of the Daleks’, an audio adventure by Jonathan Morris. This story also features Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks and guest stars like Pippa Haywood, Clive Mantle, Nina Toussaint-White, etc. Continue reading

Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’ on Audiobook

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Having recently checked out the Target novelization/audiobook of ‘Meglos’, I’d like to share my reviews on the Target novelizations/audiobooks featured in Season 18 of ‘Doctor Who’. I’m pleased all the audiobook versions of the Season 18 Target novelizations have been made. Hopefully the same will be done for Season 19 with the remaining novelization of ‘Kinda’ to be made as an audiobook. Continue reading

TV Review – ‘Flux – Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans’ (Doctor Who)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

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I’ve seen the second episode of ‘Flux’, the six-part story that is essentially Series 13 of ‘Doctor Who’ with Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop. I greatly enjoyed it and found it better than the first episode. I was able to follow what went on compared to finding it all crammed in the first episode. Continue reading